alpha-Fetoprotein monitoring in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection: role in the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in Hepatology on January 01, 1989

Authors

A S Lok1, C L Lai

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1: Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.

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